NC: Other Source: Dole pull ahead of Hagan by 10%, with Chirs Cole(L) getting 1% of the vote.

[Sam Spade]

But wait!  This NC, how could the GOP be winning??

Hagan doesn't have a chance and never has. She was put in so that the North Carolina Democratic Party wouldn't get embarassed by having an openly gay candidate for senator, which would greatly help the North Carolina Republican Party.

The race the NC GOP doesn't have a chance of winning is governor.

That's pretty bold to say McCrory has no chance at winning the governors race. I think it will be close either way

As it will be in the Senate race - it would be pretty interesting if North Carolina in 2008 saw Obama narrowly defeating McCain in the Presidential race, Pat McCrory upsetting Beverly Perdue in the Gubernatorial race, and Kay Hagan ousting Elizabeth Dole for the Senate - a year of upsets!

In other news, I just woke up a few minutes ago.

[Sam Spade]

But wait!  This NC, how could the GOP be winning??

Hagan doesn't have a chance and never has. She was put in so that the North Carolina Democratic Party wouldn't get embarassed by having an openly gay candidate for senator, which would greatly help the North Carolina Republican Party.

The race the NC GOP doesn't have a chance of winning is governor.

That's pretty bold to say McCrory has no chance at winning the governors race. I think it will be close either way

I've stated this here at least 20 times. It's not my fault that outsiders won't accept local wisdom.

Give or take a couple percent, this is how every statewide election works in North Carolina. The Democrats get 45%. The Republicans get 45%. And then there's 10% that hold the balance of power. Those 10% vote Democrat in state races and Republican in federal races. You occasionally have fluke wins due to bad candidates (like John Edwards beating Lauch Faircloth for Senate in 1998) but that's how it's been for the last 16 years.

Stop trying to make sense in this thread!